One of the great liberties that the Android operating system offers us is that of being able to personalize our smartphone or tablet to our liking thanks to the possibility of changing its ROM , that is, its operating system..
ROMs are easily adaptable by independent developers, allowing you to change their functionalities, their initial possibilities and customize the entire interface with new colors or icons. It is also possible to install more advanced official ROMs. We are going to explain how you can easily search for new ROMs and change them using a few simple steps.
Your model and its ROM version
To start, you must be very clear that the process of changing the ROM of your smartphone or tablet, despite not being very complicated, is somewhat dangerous , since if something went wrong during the process, or if it is interrupted abruptly, you Device may be damaged or unusable. You must do it at your own risk and carefully follow the steps..
Each smartphone or tablet is a world, and each one has a different process of changing ROM, which is generally based on: looking for a ROM file , downloading it to a computer, connecting the device to which we will change the ROM to said computer , and follow specific procedures (press buttons on the device, open programs on the computer and execute commands, etc.).
What are the advantages of a custom ROM?
Normally, custom ROMs bring “root†access to the device , that means that we can modify advanced settings that normally an Android device does not usually offer its users. We will do all this thanks to the adjustments offered by the custom ROM itself or by installing applications that will allow it..
We can do things like:
Recover deleted files or photos : To recover those accidentally deleted files we will use an application called DiskDigger.
Hide the navigation bar : This way we can use the entire screen of our device without limitations, and we will do so thanks to the full! Screen application.
Change the fonts : If the font of the menus and icons of our Android system is boring, we can try hundreds of them thanks to the Font Installer application.
Connect a pendrive : We can use our Android smartphone or tablet as a normal computer and copy files using a pen drive and an OTG cable thanks to applications such as Stick Mount.
Make a full backup : We can save absolutely all the settings and applications of our smartphone as they are thanks to the Titanium Backup application.
Where to start?
The most useful website to find all the ROMs of your Lenovo smartphone or tablet is one called needrom.com. Here you will find thousands of ROMs ordered by device, popularity and number of downloads. We recommend that you only be interested in reliable or official ROMs.
You will need to register on the web needrom.com to proceed with the download of the file that contains the ROM, but it is as simple as creating a “nick†and a password. Once this is done, you will access the file of each different ROM, and you will have to look at the installation steps of said ROM, which are located at the bottom of each page.
Most of the steps are written in English, but although your command of that language is limited, these are steps with very technical words , and it will not be difficult to follow them without problems. You can always help yourself from a web translator.
If we follow all the steps with caution, we will be able to enjoy, as if by magic, a "new" or more sophisticated device thanks to the different existing ROMs.
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